(A/N): First and foremost, this story was CO-AUTHORED by me ((KelsiLovesLucas)) and MissZacEfron. The chapters are written by both of us. We each wrote half of every chapter so enjoy!

Dedications: We would both like to dedicate this story to Mrs. Radcliffe-Efron

Disclaimer: We own nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Wow, that makes you feel bad doesn't it?

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Chapter Seven: Where Is Monique?

Ashley slowly opened the door to Vanessa's room and peeked her head inside. She saw Zac lying in Vanessa's bed and Nessa's head was resting on his chest. "Aww!" Ashley whispered. She slowly closed the door and walked down the hallway.

"Ash!" A voice called down the hall after her. She turned to see Olesya running towards her from the elevator.

"What's wrong, Olesya?" Ashley asked upon seeing the worried look on her face.

"Have you seen Monique?" Olesya asked. Ashley shook her head. "I haven't been able to find her since Zac told us about Vanessa yesterday."

"Did you ask everyone?" Ashley inquired now sounding worried. Olesya just nodded.

"I asked Corbin and Lucas and Chris and Zac, too. I even called Ryne and he hasn't seen her either. I'm really worried, what with Vanessa's father and all." Olesya replied in one quick breath. Ashley smiled sympathetically at her friend.

"We'll find her. Don't' worry, okay?" Ashley reassured her. Olesya nodded and went to her room. Ashley sighed and went to her room as well.

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Vanessa woke when she heard the gang talking.

"What should we tell her?"

Vanessa couldn't make out who was asking the questions, but she knew that something was wrong. Vanessa decided to get up to see what they were talking about.

"She is going to find out sooner or later." Ashley says

"Find out what?" Vanessa asks walking past Zac, Lucas, and Corbin. Zac quickly grabs her by the arms and turns her around.

"Find out..."Zac stopped, knowing that they should just tell her the truth.

"Monique is..."Ashley couldn't do it.

"Missing." Corbin stepped up and finished.

Vanessa could feel her world falling before her feet. She tried to get to the bed to sit down but collapsed right before she could get there.

"Vanessa!" Olesya cried and tried to run to her. A strong pair of arms tightened around her waist.

"Just let Zac and Corbin do it." Lucas said

Corbin reached the hysterically crying Vanessa first and tried to pick her up. He got there up and on the bed. Zac took over from there.

"This is all my fault." Vanessa cried

"This is not your fault." Ashley said coming over and hugging Nessa.

"I need to find her!" Vanessa said getting up.

"Hold on Nessa." Corbin said grabbing onto her arms. "We're all going."

"Okay how about this" Zac began. "I'll go with Nessa, Corbin you stay here, Chris you go with Ashley, and Lucas and Olesya."

"HELL NO, I'm going" Corbin exclaimed loudly.

"Okay dude, you can go with me and Nessa." Zac said.

"Okay let's go" Corbin says running out the door.

Corbin, Vanessa, and Zac decided to take Corbin's car that he drove to Utah in. They took the south part of Salt Lake City, Lucas and Olesya went north, and Chris and Ashley went west.

"Lets start in the alleys," Nessa says with tears still going down her cheeks

"Hey it's going to be okay," Zac says caressing her cheek.

Vanessa got out of the car before Zac and Corbin and walked down the alley. Vanessa was getting ready to turn back when she heard something coming from the end of the alley. She looked closely and saw a bundle sitting on the ground.

"MONIQUE" Vanessa screamed while she took off running towards her. Zac and Corbin were still getting out of the car.

"N...N...Nessa" Monique stuttered. Vanessa fell onto the ground screaming for Zac.

"Zac... Zac...Zac please help" Vanessa screamed.

Zac and Corbin start running towards their girlfriends. "Monique, what happened to you?" Zac asks kneeling down to Monique.

"He… He… He…" Monique was in shock. She couldn't even talk.

Looking at Monique almost made Corbin throw up. She had bruises all over her arms. She had a black eye starting to show. Her shirt was ripped and the legs on her jeans were halfway ripped off.

"Okay I'll call everyone and tell them we found her." Zac said. Vanessa was in shock. She couldn't believe this happened to her best friend.

Zac called Lucas first.

"Did you find her?" Lucas asked immediately when he answered his phone.

"Yeah, we did." Zac said. "Meet us back at the hotel, call Ashley and Chris too" Zac told his friend.

"Okay we will." Lucas promised.

Corbin picked Monique up and put her into the car. Vanessa could hardly walk, so Zac picked her up thinking she might hurt herself if she tried to walk.

When they got back to the hotel, everyone was already in Corbin's suite. Corbin laid Monique down on the bed and everyone gathered around her.

"Do you know who it was?" Lucas asked which got him a slap from Ashley.

"It was...Mr… Mr. Hudgens." Monique got out.

At that moment, Vanessa's world went black.

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KelsiLovesLucas: Dun, dun, dun! Whoa, what a cliffy huh? We told you there would be a shock coming soon and here it is and I can bet that it's only going to get more shocking. Are you guys on the edge of your seats? Good! Just be careful not to fall off while you're waiting for the next chapter, which should be up soon. Thanks again to all of our reviewers. Special thanks to Christine Glen Haven; she has reviewed from the very beginning. Thanks! Well, time to review! It only takes a minute of your time. The future of this story may depend on your review! DUN, DUN, DUN! Review and we'll update sooner. Okay, move the mouse. Good. Now, click that cute little button. Good! Finally, type nice things about our story. Great job! See? I knew you could do it! See you next chapter! Much love to all of our readers and reviewers, KelsiLovesLucas

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